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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
	andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org,
	daniel@iogearbox.net, martin.lau@linux.dev, brauner@kernel.org,
	jack@suse.cz, kpsingh@kernel.org, mattbobrowski@google.com,
	amir73il@gmail.com, repnop@google.com, jlayton@kernel.org,
	josef@toxicpanda.com, mic@digikod.net, gnoack@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 3/4] bpf: Introduce path iterator
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 23:37:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250528223724.GE2023217@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250528222623.1373000-4-song@kernel.org>

On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 03:26:22PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> Introduce a path iterator, which reliably walk a struct path.

No, it does not.  If you have no external warranty that mount
*and* dentry trees are stable, it's not reliable at all.

And I'm extremely suspicious regarding the validity of anything
that pokes around in mount trees.  There is a very good reason
struct mount is *not* visible in include/linux/*.h

  reply	other threads:[~2025-05-28 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-28 22:26 [PATCH bpf-next 0/4] bpf path iterator Song Liu
2025-05-28 22:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/4] namei: Introduce new helper function path_parent() Song Liu
2025-05-28 22:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/4] landlock: Use path_parent() Song Liu
2025-05-31 13:51   ` Tingmao Wang
2025-06-02 13:36     ` Song Liu
2025-06-03  0:10       ` Song Liu
2025-06-03 12:47         ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-06-02 17:35     ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-06-02 22:56       ` Tingmao Wang
2025-05-28 22:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/4] bpf: Introduce path iterator Song Liu
2025-05-28 22:37   ` Al Viro [this message]
2025-05-29 11:58     ` Jan Kara
2025-05-29 16:53       ` Song Liu
2025-05-29 16:57         ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-05-29 17:05           ` Song Liu
2025-05-30 14:20             ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-06-02  9:41               ` Christian Brauner
2025-06-03  9:46               ` Jan Kara
2025-06-03 12:49                 ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-06-03 21:13                   ` Jan Kara
2025-05-29 17:38         ` Al Viro
2025-05-29 18:00           ` Song Liu
2025-05-29 18:35             ` Al Viro
2025-05-29 19:46               ` Song Liu
2025-05-29 20:15                 ` Al Viro
2025-05-29 21:07                   ` Song Liu
2025-05-29 21:45                     ` Al Viro
2025-05-29 22:13                       ` Song Liu
2025-05-29 23:10                         ` Al Viro
2025-05-30  0:42                           ` Song Liu
2025-05-30 12:20                             ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-05-30 18:43                               ` Al Viro
2025-05-31  8:39                                 ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-06-02  9:32                                 ` Christian Brauner
2025-05-30 18:55                               ` Song Liu
2025-05-31  8:40                                 ` Mickaël Salaün
2025-05-31 14:05                                 ` Tingmao Wang
2025-06-01 23:33                                   ` Song Liu
2025-06-04  0:58                             ` Tingmao Wang
2025-06-02  9:30                           ` Christian Brauner
2025-06-02  9:27             ` Christian Brauner
2025-06-02 13:27               ` Song Liu
2025-06-02 15:40                 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-06-02 21:39                   ` Song Liu
2025-05-28 22:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/4] selftests/bpf: Add tests for bpf " Song Liu

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